Among other things they will and can arc if very close or even
intermittently touching. if they are not bonded the currents and
voltages on each wire may be different enough to arc then you get
interesting things going on especially at high power,. I had a related
experience where I had radial wires stapled on a wooden fence. At one
point two of the wires crossed each other, during a high power
transmission the two arced repeatedly and set the fence on fire. Luckily
the window of the shack faced the back yard and I saw it early on and
went out an put the fire out and resolved the cause
Dave
NR1DX
On 11/6/2020 4:27 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
On 11/6/2020 1:10 PM, Carl Clawson wrote:
Frank,
“Must” is a strong word. What goes wrong if you cross them?
73, Carl WS7L
Also, if insulated wires are used for radials that cross
over each other, is that to be treated differently than bare
metal wires that cross over each other and touch
so as to have electrical connectivity?
Does it matter if cross over radials are soldered at the
crossovers, so as to prevent parasitic "diodes".
For whatever weird reason, the price of insulated wire is
nearly always lower than the equivalent bare wire. And
Romex sells for less than the equivalent individual wires.
Rick N6RK
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